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Pimax Says Its Nintendo Switch-style VR Hybrid is Shipping to Backers This Month

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Pimax announced that Portal, its hybrid VR headset based on a Nintendo Switch-style console, is almost ready for launch, as the company prepares to ship to all Kickstarter backers in April 2023. Over the years, the Shanghai-based company has been known for its wide field-of-view (FOV) PC VR headsets which include large, high-resolution displays and […]

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Meta Quest Reportedly Had Over 6 Million Monthly Active Users Last October

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A Wall Street Journal report maintains Meta’s Quest platform had 6.37 million monthly active users as of October 2022. The report doesn’t include a breakdown of which headset is seeing the most engagement, however it’s likely a majority of those users come from Quest 2. The original Quest, which was released in 2019, is currently on

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SenseGlove Raises €3.25M in Series A Funding Round to Advance VR Haptic Gloves

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SenseGlove, a Netherlands-based creator of XR haptic gloves, has secured €3.25 million (~$3.5 million) in a series A funding round, something the company says will be used to accelerate its enterprise-focused SenseGlove Nova haptic gloves. The funding round was led by Dutch venture capital firm Lumaux, bringing the company’s total outside investment to around €5.5

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Take a Trip Aboard the ISS in Latest VR Film From Lauded Immersive Filmmakers Felix & Paul

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Felix & Paul, the studio known for its pioneering work in creating cinematic immersive films, is set to release the first installment in a new VR trilogy shot from the International Space Station (ISS), which is slated to offer stunning views of Earth from low orbit. Called Space Explorers – Blue Marble, the first in

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Headset Maker Aims to Deliver Portable & Affordable VR Combat Sim for Training Real Pilots

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Enterprise headset maker Vrgineers has developed a portable VR combat flight sim system for training pilots on a wide range of combat aircraft, including planes and helicopters. The entire system fits into a single large case and can be deployed wherever it’s needed. Image courtesy Vrgineers Made from entirely commercially available off-the-shelf components, the system unpacks from

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The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – April 2023

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While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual games & apps are performing across its Quest 2 storefront, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of the 20 best rated Oculus Quest games and apps as of April 2023.

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Meta Layoffs Affect VR Teams at ‘Lone Echo’ & ‘Onward’ Studios

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Meta is the midst of a second large round of layoffs, and this time a number of employees in its internal VR studios have been affected. Business Insider reported earlier this week that Meta was increasing its focus on gaming-related projects within its Reality Labs division. As other teams were expected to be dissolved in layoffs,

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‘Vertigo 2’ Sandbox DLC Now in Development, Letting You Build & Share Your Own Levels

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Vertigo 2 (2023), the sci-fi VR shooter adventure from Zach Tsiakalis-Brown, readily invites comparisons to Valve’s indomitable Half-Life: Alyx, but now the developer is taking another note out of Valve’s playbook by offering a way to create your own Vertigo-based levels and modes in an upcoming sandbox DLC. Tsiakalis-Brown announced the level editor today in a tweet: vertigo

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Quest’s Most Graphically Intense Game is Coming to PSVR 2

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Red Matter 2, the sci-fi VR puzzle adventure for Quest 2 and PC VR, is bringing its best-in-class graphics and interactions to PSVR 2. Vertical Robot says the sequel is slated to arrive on PSVR 2 “very soon,” noting in a tweet it will feature a smooth 120fps with no reprojection, foveated Rendering, 4K re-mastered

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Report: Apple Racing to Build Software & Services for Upcoming Mixed Reality Headset

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Apple appears to be getting ready to unveil its first mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Now a report from Bloomberg maintains the Cupertino tech giant is also prepping a dizzying number of first-party apps, including gaming, fitness, video and collaboration tools. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is a lightning rod for all

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Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ Social VR Platform to Kids Ages 13+

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Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social VR platform for Quest, is only open to 18+ users for now, however the company says it’s expanding to include teens aged 13 to 17 in the US and Canada. Meta says the new policy will go into effect in “the coming weeks,” effectively opening the company’s first-party social platform to

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‘Blacktop Hoops’ Studio Announces $5.1M Funding Round, Open Beta Now Live

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Vinci Games, the studio behind popular VR basketball game Blacktop Hoops, has raised $5.1 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Makers Fund, with participation from Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Anorak Ventures, BonAngels, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin. Vinci Games was previously supported by Y Combinator, and also successfully

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